Orson Lane (1826 - 1882)

Born 30 Jul 1826 in Leeds, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Husband of Susan E. (Boothby) Lane — married 21 Mar 1852 in Leeds, Kennebec, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Viora G. (Boothby) Lane — married 17 Dec 1859 in Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Died 16 Apr 1882 at age 55 in Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Birth

Orson Lane was born at Leeds, Maine, on 30 Jul 1826, the son of Alvin Lane and Lucy (Mitchell) Lane.^[1]

Marriages

1. Orson Lane married Susan Boothby, probably at Leeds, Maine, where both their families were living, on 21 Mar 1852.^[2]
2. Orson Lane and his deceased first wife's sister, Viora Boothby, both of Leeds, Maine published at Leeds their intention to marry on 12 Dec 1859, and they married there on 17 Dec 1859.^[3]

Death

Orson Lane died at Leeds, Maine, on 16 Apr 1882 and was buried at the Lothrop Cemetery in Leeds.^[4] A gravestone at the Fish Cemetery in Leeds says that he died on that date at the age of 55.^[5]

Research Note

A record in the J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection says that Orson Lane died on 17 Oct 1876 and is buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston, Maine.^[6] This is obviously incorrect; it conflicts with his death record at Leeds^[4] and the photo of his gravestone,^[5] and he was alive in 1880, when the census recorded him living at Leeds at the age of 53 with his wife Viora and two children.^[7] A second FindAGrave memorial repeats and cites the incorrect information from the J. Gary Nichols record.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Transcription by the town clerk of Leeds, Maine, of the birth record of Orson Lane, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Vital records prior to 1892 > Lambert-La Rush > image 1475 of 4075; multiple sources, Maine.
2. ↑ Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, database, FamilySearch, : 14 January 2020), Orson Lane, 1852; fact of the marriaqe only (no date) in Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 74
3. ↑ Transcription by the town clerk of Leeds, Maine, of the marriage record of Orson Lane and Viora Boothby, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8974-SCQ?cc=1803978&wc=71R8-FCY%3A1029440201%2C1029460201 : 20 May 2014), Vital records prior to 1892 > Lambert-La Rush > image 1841 of 4075; multiple sources, Maine.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Transcription by the town clerk of Leeds, Maine, of the death record of Orson Lane, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Vital records prior to 1892 > Lambert-La Rush > image 2141 of 4075; multiple sources, Maine.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Photo of gravestone of Orson Lane and "Susan E., His Wife" (Find A Grave: Memorial #30368141)
6. ↑ Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999, database with images, FamilySearch, Lanctot - Langlan > image 304 of 451; Maine State Library, Augusta
7. ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Androscoggin > Leeds > ED 7 > image 8 of 25 > Orson Lane household, family #81; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #123345904